Do you have a painful scalp with hair loss? Here are some reasons why this can happen

Do you have a painful scalp with hair loss? Here are some reasons why this can happen

I receive a lot of correspondence from people who tell me that they have a very sore and painful scalp to go along with their accelerated hair loss. Sometimes they also have itching, flaking, or discoloration (red or pink scalp) that also occurs. Many people ask me why this is happening and if there is anything they can do to fix this or help. I will discuss both things in the following article.

Some things that could cause sore scalp with hair loss:There are a few things that could cause this condition. I will discuss them individually. First and foremost is telogen effluvium. This is basically aggressive dandruff that can occur for a variety of reasons. Sometimes it's seasonal. In other cases, it is due to medical problems, stress, medication or hormones.

Whatever the reason, the spill is often very dramatic and disturbing. What happens is that your hair changes its lifespan, going from growing to resting before it should actually happen. In short, the hair cycle has been interrupted and shortened. As a result, tons of your follicles will undergo this change immediately. You can sometimes literally feel this happening. When it happened to me, specialists actually told me that my pain could be psychological because I was so anxious and worried about my hair. I just don't buy it. I know from forums that this is fairly common and the redness and redness that often accompanies it is quite physical and obvious just by looking.

Another common cause of this is allergic or dermatological reactions of the scalp. Sometimes you use a new styling or beauty product (hair dye is a common culprit) that burns or negatively affects your scalp or causes an allergic reaction. Occasionally you will develop a new sensitivity to an old product.) The hair loss that follows is a direct response to this, but is often short-lived once you stop using the product.

The final cause I will discuss (and which many consider to be the most common and likely) is that the scalp reacts to androgens. Sometimes this is because you are at a time in life where you are genetically predisposed to be more sensitive to these substances. And sometimes the hormones that would compensate for this begin to wane or decrease. Other times, something in your body overly stimulates your follicles or scalp, causing the excess androgens, oils, or sebum. Whatever the reason, the pain, redness, tightness, or itching is the direct result of these androgens. This, in turn, can damage or impair your follicles' ability to maintain and grow healthy hair.

An important question: Did the sore scalp start before or after hair loss?:If you can determine exactly which action was taken first, it can sometimes help you figure out why this is happening. In the case of telogen effluvium and dermatological problems of the scalp or allergic reactions, the painful scalp often occurs after hair loss. It is the action of the follicles altering the cycles that makes this possible.

However, in AGA (androgenic alopecia or genetic hair loss), the painful scalp often (but not always) occurs before hair loss. The sensitivity or the androgens occur and as a result of these struggles the hair can no longer hold up like it used to because it is continuously negatively affected. To be fair, in all of these cases, losing so much hair in such a short period of time can cause serious inflammation, which can either worsen the situation with your scalp or cause the problems discussed in this article.

So what can you do to help this situation? Well, when it comes to TE, you can do your best to reduce the inflammation and remove any trigger that is causing the dandruff. If you have dermatological problems, you can remove the product in question. In the case of AGA, you should address both androgens and sensitivity. And all of these scenarios can be supported by topical anti-inflammatory agents to soothe the scalp and stimulate regrowth without clogging the follicles.

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